Flora's DictionaryFielding Lucas, Jun., 1832 - 202 pàgines |
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... ancients wrote , before the invention of parch- ment , or paper . In proportion as these coatings approach the ligneous body , or wood , they become hard ; and at length form the external softer part of the wood , which workmen call the ...
... ancients wrote , before the invention of parch- ment , or paper . In proportion as these coatings approach the ligneous body , or wood , they become hard ; and at length form the external softer part of the wood , which workmen call the ...
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... ancient or modern . In his diary , written in later years , he confesses a peculiar inaptitude , and rather a blameable indifference , for the learning of languages : de- claring , that in all his travels , he learned " neither Eng ...
... ancient or modern . In his diary , written in later years , he confesses a peculiar inaptitude , and rather a blameable indifference , for the learning of languages : de- claring , that in all his travels , he learned " neither Eng ...
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... ancient gods and modern men Alike ador'd , ) thou should'st engage my pen : The more , that thy chaste hue of modest white Evokes the thought of one as pure , as bright ; On whose fair brow most legibly is writ , What more enchants ...
... ancient gods and modern men Alike ador'd , ) thou should'st engage my pen : The more , that thy chaste hue of modest white Evokes the thought of one as pure , as bright ; On whose fair brow most legibly is writ , What more enchants ...
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... ancient name , ( Gr . axax . ) derived from the Greek xx , a point , or axa , to point or sharpen , in re- ference to its thorny habit . The Rose Acacia , R. Hispida , or Hairy Robinia , is a native of America , particularly of the ...
... ancient name , ( Gr . axax . ) derived from the Greek xx , a point , or axa , to point or sharpen , in re- ference to its thorny habit . The Rose Acacia , R. Hispida , or Hairy Robinia , is a native of America , particularly of the ...
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... ancients in embalming bo- dies . Of this Aloes , interpreters understand that to have been which Nicodemus brought to embalm the body of our Saviour . John xix . 39 . AMARANTH . Amaranthus . αμαραντος , Amaranthus , L. - Greek formed ...
... ancients in embalming bo- dies . Of this Aloes , interpreters understand that to have been which Nicodemus brought to embalm the body of our Saviour . John xix . 39 . AMARANTH . Amaranthus . αμαραντος , Amaranthus , L. - Greek formed ...
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